• The ambitious project, designed by Mohammed Assaf’s Dubai based label Platinum Records, is called #assaf360 and will find the 24-year-old singer entering a studio with a production team led by the American beatmaker Rodney Jerkins.
    The ambitious project, designed by Mohammed Assaf’s Dubai based label Platinum Records, is called #assaf360 and will find the 24-year-old singer entering a studio with a production team led by the American beatmaker Rodney Jerkins.
  • Mohammed Assaf and the team will begin composing the song with the goal of having it ready to be downloaded on iTunes and the Arab music platform Anghami by Wednesday at 8am.
    Mohammed Assaf and the team will begin composing the song with the goal of having it ready to be downloaded on iTunes and the Arab music platform Anghami by Wednesday at 8am.
  • Mohammed Assaf speaks to the press in a record studio.
    Mohammed Assaf speaks to the press in a record studio.
  • Fans can watch all the recording action with the entire studio session being streamed live on MBC’s website and clips from the session will be broadcast live throughout the day on MBC 1.
    Fans can watch all the recording action with the entire studio session being streamed live on MBC’s website and clips from the session will be broadcast live throughout the day on MBC 1.
  • Fans were concouraged to submit lyrics on both Twitter and Facebook under the hashtag #assaf360 to help with the song creation.
    Fans were concouraged to submit lyrics on both Twitter and Facebook under the hashtag #assaf360 to help with the song creation.

In pictures: Arab Idol Mohammed Assaf records World Cup song in Dubai

Olive Obina

June 04, 2014

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Arab Idol winner Mohammed Assaf has teamed up with American beatmaker Rodney Jerkins. Assaf called on his fans to help with the creation of the song by encouraging them to submit lyrics using the hashtag #assaf360. All photos by Karim Sahib / AFP photo.

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